As you might imagine, the drink menu includes Brazil’s national cocktail, the Caipirinha, which consists of cachaça (a liquor distilled from sugar cane), sugar and limes.

Hours:

Sunday – Thursday: 5 PM to 9 PM

Friday and Saturday: 5 PM to 10 PM

Carnegie Delicatessen

Famous for their pastrami sandwich with meat piled on higher than the Stratosphere (almost), the New York import to Sin City also serves up soups, salads, burgers and hot dogs.

Its long sandwich menu is full of standards (reubens, salami, bologna), as well as a chopped liver option.

It’s all day breakfast menu includes lox and bagels, and several different omelets.

Unlike in years past, the Carnegie Deli at the Mirage now just has counter service, rather than a normal sit-down with full service waiter/waitress arrangement. There is a separate stand for take-out orders.

Hours:

Sunday – Saturday: 8 AM to 11 PM

LVB Burgers and Bar

Formerly the home for BLT Burgers, LVB Burgers and Bar is a gourmet sit-down burger restaurant in the busy corridor near the south exit of the Mirage. In other words, it’s pretty good for people watching.

Some of the more non-typical menu items include a duck burger, mini oyster po’Boys, a salmon and pineapple burger. Fortunately the famous BLT adult milkshakes are still around. These are the whiskey and rum infused milkshakes that are to die for.

Hours:

Sunday – Thursday: 11 AM to Midnight

Friday and Saturday: 11 AM to 2 AM

Paradise Café

Paradise Cafe at the Mirage

This is pool-side restaurant, has pretty, lush surroundings.

They serve an all-day breakfast, and lighter items, with salads and sandwiches dominating the menu.

Of course there is a bar here, with lots of frozen cocktail options, albeit at very expensive prices. The tropical mojito is one of the favorite drinks here, along with the “Rum in a coconut.”

Hours:

Sunday – Thursday: 9 AM to 3 PM

Friday and Saturday: 9 AM to 4:00 PM

Cravings

Cravings Buffet

The Mirage buffet is a good one – and reasonably priced when compared to many others on the Las Vegas Strip.

There are 11 different stations, including the popular buffet standard-bearers: prime rib and crab legs.

Dinner buffets include all-you-can drink wine and beer.

Hours:

Monday – Friday: 7 AM to 9 PM

Saturday and Sunday: 8 AM to 9 PM

California Pizza Kitchen

Close to the sports book and well-traveled corridor, this places gets pretty busy at times. It serves more than just pizza however.

The menu includes four varieties of soup, nine different salads, wraps, and pasta dishes like spaghetti, shrimp scampi, and fettuccine, including a jambalaya fettuccine.

On the pizza front, you can get them with the original hand tossed crust, or the thin crust. There are 18 different pizzas to choose from, including a carne asada, wild mushroom, spicy chipotle chicken, Jamaican Jerk Chicken, and their signature pie: the “Original BBQ Chicken Pizza.”

Hours:

Sunday – Thursday: 11 AM to Midnight

Friday and Saturday: 11 AM to 1 AM

The Roasted Bean

Located in the shopping promenade on the way to the convention center and theater, this coffee stand opens at 5:30 every morning.

As the name implies, you’ll find coffee here, tea, muffins, croissants, yogurt parfaits, and the like. There are also sandwiches and paninis. There are chairs and booths, however it’s all counter service, rather than being a sit-down full service restaurant.

Hours:

Sunday – Thursday: 5:30 AM to 8 PM

Friday and Saturday: 5:30 AM to 10 PM

Starbucks

You know the menu here, and the Starbucks inside the Mirage is located across from the California Pizza Kitchen. It’s at the south entrance walkway, by the Carnegie Deli.

Like the Roasted Bean, it’s open early, at 5:30 AM. Unlike the Roasted Bean, this Starbucks stays open very late, (by coffee-stand standards): 1 AM.

Hours:

Seven days a week: 5:30 AM to 1 AM

Blizz Frozen Yogurt

Located across from the Roasted Bean in the shopping area of the Mirage, Blizz is your typical make your own frozen yogurt joint. There are also smoothies, sweet crepes, savory crepes and Belgian waffles.

Hours:

Sunday – Thursday : 9 AM to 10 PM

Friday and Saturday: 9 AM to Midnight

As with other fro-yo places, you can add a variety of toppings to your yogurt.